by Admin | Jan 18, 2014 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Reviews, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
Some people have waited ten long years for Lawrence Block to return to the world of Bernie Rhodenbarr. It hasn’t been that long for me since I only started reading the Bernie books a few years ago and in fact still have a handful in the series that I...
by Admin | Jan 16, 2014 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Reviews, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
Block fans who feared the Bernie Rhodenbarr series was finished will rejoice to see that the bookseller-thief lives to steal again! All the usual suspects are back—Bernie; his lesbian sidekick, Carolyn; and his nemesis/friend, NYPD cop Ray Kirschbaum—and all are in...
by Admin | Jan 10, 2014 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Reviews, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
Block keeps the story light and fun, with plenty of literary references for readers, be it about the current world of bookstores and publishing, or Block making it very clear that even though Bernie might be helping out the police, he will never go fully legit like...
by Admin | Jan 8, 2014 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Reviews, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
Picking up any of Mr. Block’s series books always feels to me like catching up with an old friend, but this is even more true with Bernie than the others, since he is the first of Mr. Block’s characters that I met. Mr. Block wrote this book after announcing his...
by Admin | Jan 5, 2014 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Reviews, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
Bernie is still a lovable rogue. As with his more modern analog, Keller, the hit man, readers have little trouble rooting for a career criminal as he plies his illicit trade. Block is an engaging writer, effortlessly carrying readers along with him as he puts his...
by Admin | Jan 4, 2014 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, Books, Reviews, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
Proving that Bernie is for younger readers too, THE BURGLAR WHO COUNTED THE SPOONS is on YA Yeah Yeah’s list of Best Adult Books! The return of Lawrence Block’s wonderful burglar, Bernie Rhodenbarr, 9 years after the tenth novel in the series, was my...
